Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores

[throws_lemy@lemmy.nz]

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[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

They added: “Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning that it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film through Fandango”.

Doesn't mean they aren't paid shills.

Rotted Rotten Tomatoes.

[jasoman@lemmy.world]

Someone at RT is in the epstine files.

[thepantser@sh.itjust.works]

90% swing between critics and public? WTF? Has there ever been a movie with so many fake reviews?

[paequ2@lemmy.today]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/melania

Wow. Currently 8% vs 99%

[thepantser@sh.itjust.works]

Buying a ticket and actually watching the movie are two different things. For all we know all those that "bought" a ticket and left a review are all the military personnel that were ordered to go see it and probably were ordered to leave a glowing review.

[eternal192@anarchist.nexus]

Why would anyone go watch a movie about an imported prostitute?

[eatcasserole@lemmy.world]

0% chance that's legit.

[headfullofsoup@kbin.earth]

Is rotten tomatoes not own by amazon the same company on which half the AI review ( sometimes not even about the product where the review is posted ) show verified purchase?

[artyom@piefed.social]

They're not supposed to. It's just shameless bribery. I bet the whole thing is just about DJT from her POV anyway.

[tburkhol@lemmy.world]

I saw a clip of...maybe Jordan Klepper...interviewing people going into a showing. All of them just full-on fan-girl with anticipation, and completely upside down from the entire rest of the world. All older white people, fancy dress, clearly wealthy; might have been a premier.

It left me thinking that someone should follow some of these people around for a while to see where their special reality comes from. Study them, like Jane Goodall with the apes.

[blattrules@lemmy.world]

The only people buying tickets for this are maga morons, so this makes sense.

[sirhaxalot@nord.pub]

Exactly, and it doesn't mean that Rotten Tomatoes is somehow involved in the review manipulation. It is obviously possible for an external party to influence the audience score, they just need enough money to buy tickets that can verify. It's probably a much easier way than pressuring RT to manipulate the reviews if you have the money (and maybe even an interest in funneling that money into movie earnings)

That most people wouldn't even think of buying a ticket and thus can't post a review almost definitely plays a part as well.

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

and bots.

and when you look at who owns the sites, you have to also throw in the very real possibility of manipulation of the data itself from within, too.

[edgemaster72@lemmy.world]

We need tariffs on imported prostitutes, support the domestic sex worker industry!

^/s^ ^but^ ^kinda^ ^not^

[eternal192@anarchist.nexus]

Trump would probably support the sex worker industry but they are all too old for him.

[prove_your_argument@piefed.social]

for boston they had a craigslist post asking for people to go and be paid for launch night

[captdust@sh.itjust.works]

RT owned by Fandango, mostly NBC. You might be thinking of IMDb where the film has been listed as #1 movie in america all week, with a 1.3/10 rating.

[captdust@sh.itjust.works]

I'd watch a true story documentary on her life, I think that would be intriguing and unique. How many mail order brides find themselves in the white house, ya know? What happened in her life to get to that point? But this film is not that, only covering the month of January 2025.

[ohulancutash@feddit.uk]

No, it’s owned by Fandango, which itself is mainly owned by Versant (formerly the NBCUniversal cable network business) and WBD.